You can now identify and send the latest journal citations in your areas of interest to your e-mail AUTOMATICALLY. Simply save the search strategy once and create an SDI.
Why would I want to set up an AutoAlert? AutoAlert searches allow you to keep up to date on the latest published research on a topic or author of interest to you. Since search results are delivered to you automatically by email, it saves you time.
What kind of information will I receive? You will receive citations and often abstracts of newly published research papers on your topic or author. Depending on the database, search results will be delivered to you on a weekly or monthly basis.
What databases are available? You can choose to run your search on any of these databases:
Here's how:
1. create your strategy using normal search commands
truncation ($)
combining search steps
2. select the LIMIT option
3. limit to LATEST UPDATE
you can also limit by
language
document type
discipline (CC edition subset)
4. select SAVE SEARCH HISTORY
5. choose AutoAlert Service
enter Name
Comment
Recipient (your email address)
Subject
you can Select specific Fields
(default is citation and abstract)
6. LOGOFF
there are only a limited number of simultaneous users allowed
NOTE: other options
1. you can sort results by
journal title
author
2. you can save records with tags
for downloading into databases
(e.g. EndNote, ProCite)
3. you can simply send viewed results
as email without an SDI, or
4. save results to disk
5. you can delete saved strategies from within the
RUN SAVED SEARCH option
6. you can revise saved strategies from within the
RUN SAVED SEARCH option
NOTE:
The JN (journal name) field, should be searched with an ampersand (&) in the place of any occurrence of "and". For example:
Journal Name: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Searched As: journal of economic behavior & organization.jn.
Please change any AutoAlerts which currently specify a ".tj. or .jn." search without an ampersand (in place of "and") to one with an ampersand. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, however, the new format will be much better for browsing indexes, more explicable to end-users, and consistent with other Ovid databases.
Enter your search statement and perform the search. If you need assistance in constructing your search, please contact one of the librarians listed on the reverse side. Click the Save Search History button located directly below the Search History window. Save your search as an AutoAlert (SDI) and enter your email address. That's it! Your search results will be automatically delivered to you via email every time the database is updated.
For more detailed directions on setting up a search see http://info.med.yale.edu/library/reference/publications/ovid/sdi.html.
What if I want to stop receiving an AutoAlert? If you no longer wish to receive article notifications, click on Run Search Strategy, select and delete the saved search.
To create an SDI:
1.Perform one or more searches. You can assemble
a search you want to turn into an SDI by combining
a number of separate searches.
2.In the Search History pane, select the search you
want to make into an SDI.
3.Click to open the Create New SDI
page.
More info can be found in the Help file under "Working with Your Search Results" -->"Using your Search History" and "Using SDIs".
created by: david.e.stern@yale.edu
last modification date: August 16, 2001